Results 781-800 of 4,178 for speaker:Paul Gavan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: There are 1,000 fewer inspections than there used to be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I acknowledge what the Tánaiste has said. To be frank, as someone who has worked as a trade union officer for over a decade, that number of inspectors is inadequate given the increase in precarious work in recent years and the shocking abuses in the fishing and the hotel industries, in particular. The number of inspectors needs to be addressed. In fairness to the Tánaiste's staff...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I shall clarify one point, Tánaiste. I do not dispute the good work that has been done. The committee was quite impressed with what the WRC had to say when it came here. What worried me, and I think a number of others, was the WRC admitted that it would have to step back and cannot continue the number of inspections that it wants to conduct because of the resource issue. That is a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I wish to raise the issue of education in the broadest sense and to call for a debate on funding. As Members will know, the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, will march today for education funding and I look forward to joining the march. Students already face very unreasonable fees and there is the threat of student loans. It is important that we recognise that student loans have not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank both Ms Logan and Professor Mullally for their presentations. I found them extremely helpful and informative. In what way is the criminalisation of abortion a barrier to achieving adequate human rights standards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Have other countries been before the European Cout orf Human Rights on access to abortion? If so, can the commission discuss the findings and the reasoning behind them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: This is my last question. Given what the IHREC representatives have said to us today, can they sum up what they believe to be Ireland's legal obligations now under human rights law with regard to this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. In the spirit of keeping it real, will Ms Zampas discuss the 12 women who go to Britain each day for abortions? I am conscious that no after-care services are provided in Ireland for those women. Will she speak to us about this topic and the implications for those women who travel each day? With respect, I find Professor Binchy’s...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: To be fair, most people would disagree with Professor Binchy’s definition that human life effectively begins at conception. That is not something with which most people with common sense would agree. For Professor Binchy to equate that with people who have been born, it frankly does not make sense on common sense grounds. It is an extreme position. Professor Binchy did not answer...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I hear the answer. I wanted to get that answer to demonstrate that, frankly, Professor Binchy's views do appear to be extreme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: There are stark choices facing women every day, unfortunately, because of the laws as they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I am conscious of time. Will Ms Zampas answer the other question on aftercare and the impacts on women?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: Yes, exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I suspect that because women have to go abroad, in reality, many of them do not receive aftercare.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: My God.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I might remind Senator O'Donnell that some of us have been calling for the 96 bed unit since 2009 when a report came out calling for that, but I am glad the Senator has joined us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: I want to ask the Minister-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: It is eight years so far. I call for the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to come into the House because after the bluff and bluster from the Government and Fianna Fáil yesterday, I want to talk about the reality in Limerick. I cite a real life example of a 19 year old lady who is eight months pregnant and earns €100 a week, which was halved by the Leader's...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: We will send a copy of our document to the Leader in order that he can read it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Paul Gavan: The two parties are well matched-----